It depends whether the miscreant
enjoys "We will always have your back regardless"". status

Franklin Lamb

Beirut

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On March 6, 2012, the US
Congressional Research Service released a report to the US Congress concerning
Restrictions on the use of American weapons by recipient countries. For those
who have followed the subject there was not a whole lot new in the CRS study,
yet it is instructive in identifying Israel once again as far and away the most
egregious violator of virtually every provision of every US law which purports
to regulate how American weapons are used.

According to one CRS researcher,
requesting anonymity during a Skype conversation and subsequent memo:

"An intern and I decided,
almost for amusement, to count violations of US Arms Export Control laws by
Israel between the date of ACEA enactment, 1976, through last month and
we estimated more than 2.5 million violations if we applied the law given the
legislative history and intent of Congress at the time of its passage. We
based that figure on our estimation of each individual violation of the act as
well as of the 1961 Foreign Assistance Act. It could be firing a US 155
mm artillery shell, various missiles, bombs, rockets and of course cluster
munitions. For example, were Israel brought before a Court, the prosecutors
would surely argue that each cluster booklet dropped on Lebanon in 2006 was a
separate violation plus the two million estimated dropped during the 1982
invasion of Lebanon and during the 1978, 1993 and 1996 invasions. Add to
this figure Israel's records of violating US Arms export laws in Gaza, the West
Bank and Syria and the true number is surely several million violations.
Essentially all committed with impunity."

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In accordance with U.S. law, the
U.S. Government is mandated to enforce strict conditions on the use against
civilians, of weapons it transfers to foreign recipients. Violations of these
conditions can lead to the suspension of deliveries or termination of contracts
for such defense items, and even the cutting off of all aid to the violating
country.

Section 3(a) of the 1976 US Arms
Export Control Act (AECA) sets the standards for countries to be eligible to
receive American arms and it also sets express conditions on the uses to which
these arms may be put. Section 4 of the AECA states that U.S. weapons shall be
sold to friendly countries "solely" for use in "legitimate self-defense, for
use in "internal security," and to enable the recipient country to
participate in "collective measures requested by the United Nations for
the purpose of maintaining or restoring international peace and security."

Since 2013, Professor Franklin P. Lamb has traveled extensively throughout Syria. His primary focus has been to document, photograph, research and hopefully help preserve the vast and irreplaceable archaeological sites and artifacts in (more...)